Statistical measures of how things have changed during Trump’s first three years.
Trump’s Numbers January 2020 Update
Issues: GDP
Meme Makes Flawed Obama, Trump Comparison
Facebook users are recirculating an inaccurate meme from May that makes misleading economic comparisons between Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump. The meme includes inaccurate or selective information about Obama’s record on jobs and economic growth.
Trump’s Economic Falsehoods
President Donald Trump rattled off several false claims in his Nov. 12 speech to the Economic Club of New York, in which he contrasted the supposedly “bleak” outlook at the end of his predecessor’s term with an exaggerated portrayal of the economy’s strong performance during his own tenure.
Trump’s Numbers October 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
Trump’s Numbers July 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
Economists: Tariffs Not Boosting GDP
Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration have a small, negative impact on gross domestic product growth, according to economists, the Congressional Budget Office, the International Monetary Fund and the top White House economic adviser. That contradicts President Donald Trump’s repeated claim that the tariffs have boosted the GDP.
Conway Overstates Economic Growth
The U.S. does not currently have economic “growth over 4 percent,” as White House counselor Kellyanne Conway claimed recently.
Trump’s Numbers, April 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
Spinning GDP
The White House is claiming the economy grew 3.1 percent last year, but it is spinning the numbers — focusing on a little-used measure to make the economy look a little more robust than it does measured the usual way.
Trump’s Numbers January 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.